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The Republic in Print: Print Culture in the Age of U.S. Nation Building, 1770-1870
Trish Loughran
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Description for The Republic in Print: Print Culture in the Age of U.S. Nation Building, 1770-1870
Hardback. Offers a history of the early republic and its antebellum aftermath. Challenging the idea that print culture created a sense of national connection among different parts of the early American union, this book reveals the early republic as a series of local and regional reading publics with distinct political and geographical identities. Num Pages: 568 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; J; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 952.
"In the beginning, all the world was America."--John Locke In the beginning, everything was America, but where did America begin? In many narratives of American nationalism (both popular and academic), the United States begins in print-with the production, dissemination, and consumption of major printed texts like Common Sense , the Declaration of Independence, newspaper debates over ratification, and the Constitution itself. In these narratives, print plays a central role in the emergence of American nationalism, as Americans become Americans through acts of reading that connect them to other like-minded nationals. In The Republic in Print, however, Trish Loughran ... Read more
"In the beginning, all the world was America."--John Locke In the beginning, everything was America, but where did America begin? In many narratives of American nationalism (both popular and academic), the United States begins in print-with the production, dissemination, and consumption of major printed texts like Common Sense , the Declaration of Independence, newspaper debates over ratification, and the Constitution itself. In these narratives, print plays a central role in the emergence of American nationalism, as Americans become Americans through acts of reading that connect them to other like-minded nationals. In The Republic in Print, however, Trish Loughran ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
Number of Pages
568
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231139083
SKU
V9780231139083
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About Trish Loughran
Trish Loughran received her B.A. from Rutgers University and her masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Chicago. She has curated print and material artifact exhibits at the Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia and the David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing, PA, and has held fellowships from the Bibliographical Society of America, the Library Company of Philadelphia, ... Read more
Reviews for The Republic in Print: Print Culture in the Age of U.S. Nation Building, 1770-1870
Loughran's logic throughout is deep, intricate, and scholarly... Good reading. American Journalism Loughran's well-written book will likely promote vigorous debate among historians of U.S. nationhood, print culture, and slavery.
Carl Ostrowski The Journal of American History A remarkable study, both in its marshaling of archival detail and in its ambitious thesis.
Phillip H. Round William and Mary Quarterly ... Read more
Carl Ostrowski The Journal of American History A remarkable study, both in its marshaling of archival detail and in its ambitious thesis.
Phillip H. Round William and Mary Quarterly ... Read more